Thursday, December 22, 2011

This post is a little late, but I just had to share. St. Nick's Day was a tradition my family had growing up. I really wanted to do the same thing with Trace. The tradition is that the night before you put your shoe out and St. Nick leaves a present "in" your shoe. Usually the present was too big to fit in a shoe so it was just placed next to the shoe. T's shoes are so little that I decided to put both of his out. I forgot all about St. Nick's Day until we were getting ready for bed. T ended up with one of his toys that was intended for Christmas morning. Oh well!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Every year my mom, our girlfriends and I get together for a liquor exchange. Its always so much fun!!!! This year Betty hosted (thanks Betty!). Betty lives in a huge house in the middle of a moat. Its haunted.... for real. Her house used to be a school and then a bunch of gangsters lived there after that. I'm thinking Betty should do a guest post about her house because her stories are something else. Anyway, Betty just had a new addition built on to the house and that's where we had our party. In the past we had always gone out, but this year a new tradition was born. Every year is now a potluck and we are all going to take turns hosting. I brought my favorite spinach and artichoke dip. Recipe found here. I forgot my camera, but everyone else took a few pictures.